Helldivers 2 Crashing on Startup Fix

Is Helldivers 2 crashing for you on startup, and are you looking for a way to fix this? Helldivers 2 came out recently, and while most players are able to play and enjoy it without any major issues, some have found that they can’t even get it to run. Namely, instead of HD2 starting as it normally should, you’ll instead get the logo and then a black screen, followed by a crash to desktop. If this is happening for you, then we are here to show you what you can do to try and resolve this issue on your end.

How to Fix Helldivers 2 Crashing on Startup?

The first thing that you should try here is to relaunch Steam. Exit it altogether (you don’t need to log out of it) and then start it up again. After that, try running Helldivers 2. For many players, doing this has managed to fix the startup crashing. Also, it seems like this is a problem that can also arise in the game itself if you try and change your armor in the tutorial, before you have finished this initial mission. According to the devs, the easiest workaround for this is to simply avoid doing this. So, you shouldn’t try to change armor during the tutorial.

If neither of these two fixes have helped you, then you should try and restart your gaming device. After that, check to see if you have the latest GPU drivers and update them if that isn’t the case. If you have an Nvidia device, go here. And for AMD devices, here. As the game has only been out for a very short while, hopefully the devs are going to fix issues such as this soon. In the meantime, you can reach out to Helldivers 2 Support for further assistance.